Chapter 563: Honk Honk Honk

Everyone held baskets and sacks, looked, and still walked toward him.

"We don't have many jin, why don't you collect ours too?"

"Yeah! She has several hundred jin, and you want them all, how can you still be short of our few jin? Otherwise, why don't you collect all of ours?"

"Right, we only have a little bit..."

Ye Yaodong couldn't help but feel a headache. These middle-aged women were too hard to deal with. He had already said he didn't want them, yet they still had to force them on him.

He quickly shook his head, lest he really be forced to accept them.

"Really enough! I don't want too many miscellaneous fish, I want the same variety. Lin Auntie's miscellaneous fish quantity isn't large, so I thought about collecting them incidentally."

He had already collected over a hundred jin of miscellaneous fish from the neighbors earlier. It was better for the military to have the same variety, with fewer miscellaneous fish, so that the quality would appear higher. Otherwise, opening a pile of miscellaneous fish wouldn't look good either.

Everyone looked at their own goods again. Indeed, there were all kinds of fish mixed in, while the ones poured out on the bamboo bed were all of the same variety, looking much prettier than these miscellaneous fish. It was normal for Ye Yaodong not to want their miscellaneous goods.

"Then... then alright..."

"Then ours can only be eaten by ourselves..."

"What a pity, if only we could sell them for some money..."

"There's no large boat at home, where can we get these goods? We only have these miscellaneous fish. Forget it, eat them ourselves."

Some people muttered, and took their goods back.

Ye Yaodong also breathed a sigh of relief and continued to check these goods.

And Lin Auntie, after packing all the goods on the bamboo bed into bags and dragging them to the corner, ran into the house to turn on the light. Outside, the sky had already darkened a bit, and the light wasn't very good.

Seeing that their dried fish had no hope, the neighbors just hugged the mentality of watching the fun and surrounded them. Some also lent a hand, and after Ye Yaodong checked them, they all helped pack the goods, increasing the efficiency a little bit.

Some would also ask him sideways, where were so many dried fish collected to be sold? How much money did he earn? Would he always want them from now on?

He treated these types of questions as if he hadn't heard them. As for others asking about the price, Lin Auntie answered for him directly.

Everyone envied Lin Auntie, envied her to no end, and praised their family for having foresight, drying so many in advance, just in time to sell at a good price, and making a big profit.

"Old Lin isn't back yet today, right? Hurry to the wharf and wait. Tell him not to sell today's goods, keep them and continue drying. Drying them makes the price high and saves trouble, just sell them to Adong."

Lin Auntie slapped her thigh. "Ouch, right! Today's fish can't be sold, must keep them to dry. Does Adong still want them next time?"

"I can't guarantee it! Who knows if the customer still wants them? You guys decide for yourselves. If you keep them, you must ensure the quality, otherwise it's just a one-time deal."

"Definitely! Then... then I'll go call Old Lin. Don't sell today's first. It's a pity yesterday's were taken to be sold. Regardless of whether you want them or not, it's fine for us to store some at home, sell them in small quantities, it'll just be a bit slower."

"You decide for yourselves."

Lin Auntie anxiously shouted at the neighbors, "Then I'll trouble everyone to help me watch, and lend Yaodong a hand."

"Good, good, good. You go ahead, we'll help here."

Ye Yaodong also said, "I'll wait for you to come back before weighing. First check, there are still several bags, not that fast."

"Oh, good. They should be back soon, the sky is already dark, you wait a moment."

"Good."

Just after Lin Auntie left, Ye's father and mother came over.

"Still here, I thought you had already left." As soon as Ye's father came over, he rolled up his sleeves. "Need to check, right? How many jin did he dry here?"

"Lin Auntie said there are five or six hundred jin."

"So many? Then wouldn't collecting from here be enough? It's even exceeded."

"Mm, it doesn't matter, having a hundred or so jin extra there is fine."

"Then you don't need to go look at your friend and brother-in-law's?" Ye's mother also asked while flipping through them.

"No need to go, they probably didn't dry much either, should all be miscellaneous fish."

"Then should I go tell them? If there's a large quantity of the same kind of fish, and it's cheap, tell them to dry more?"

"I don't know if the customer still wants them later?"

"Then go tell them and see? See if they want to dry more themselves? In case they want them later, and the quantity is large, where are you going to collect them temporarily? If you don't mind the villagers' dried miscellaneous fish, there are some."

The neighbor on the side also quickly echoed, "Yes, yes, we all have dried fish at home. Just now Yaodong disliked that they were all miscellaneous fish, saying Old Lin's were already enough."

"Right, if you don't mind, we can all sell them to you."

Ye's mother smiled. "That depends on whether the customer wants them. Adong is also helping to collect, just earning a little money, definitely have to follow the customer's requirements, pick better ones for the customer."

"That's how it is. If there's a need, we'll tell everyone."

"Will do, will do."

Everyone started chatting with Ye's mother again. A group of people gathered together, and there was no one who didn't chat.

"Adong is getting more and more capable of earning money. You two old ones can enjoy blessings later. Even these dried fish that aren't worth much in our countryside can be sold for money."

"That is, too smart, brain is really flexible. Heard you've earned quite a bit of money recently, right?"

"How much money have you earned?"

Ye's mother casually complained, "Where did we earn much money? It's all rumors outside. Everyone stares at the little things at other people's doorways all day long, don't know anything, just spreading rumors."

"Then your salary at the Women's Federation shouldn't be low, right? How much a month?"

"Didn't expect you to eat government food, really envy you guys. The whole family from top to bottom is earning money there, no wonder the days are getting better and better..."

"Is the monthly salary forty or fifty? Should be, right? Tell everyone, everyone is quite curious."

Country folk are just that straightforward, asking how much money people earn? They ask as soon as they open their mouths.

To Ye's mother, her job was her honor!

If you asked her about her job, you were asking right into her heart.

She didn't avoid it at all, was extremely proud, and even talked eloquently. "I've only been in for a few months, the salary isn't high. Only old cadres have such high salaries."

"Me, I only get 35 yuan a month, not much, but the benefits issued during festivals are quite a lot, quite good. Not only rice, but also various beans, oil, meat, occasionally canned goods and pastries, oh right, also cloth. The government is very good to us grassroots workers..."

"So good!"

"Why didn't such a good thing fall on us?"

"That's what I'm saying."

"Maybe there will be a chance later? Actually, it's just like that, also have to work all day long, just have a salary, a bit more stable. But you guys making fishing nets at home isn't bad either..."

Ye's mother talked non-stop. Even though she had said many things several times, she was still full of enthusiasm and never tired of saying them!

This was her pride!

Only her voice remained on the scene. This place had become her home court. Those villagers were listening attentively, occasionally echoing a few sentences, asking a few questions.

"Like me, I usually run errands. Where did something happen? Whose husband and wife are fighting, need to be reconciled..."

Father and son felt a bit of a headache hearing her talk non-stop as soon as she came.

Seeing her still talking "honk honk honk" there, Ye's father quickly said, "Aren't you going to Aguang's place? And tell Dongzi's few friends? Why aren't you going yet, still talking here? The sky is dark, are you planning to talk until midnight before going?"

Ye Yaodong nearly couldn't help laughing out loud.

Ye's mother glared fiercely at the father and son. "What's the rush? Wait until these tasks are done before going. When I wasn't talking, you guys weren't in a rush, and didn't think of it. Now you're rushing me."

"There are so many people here, we're just checking slightly, don't need you. You better hurry and go!"

"What's the rush?"

"The sky is dark, and you're not in a rush? Wait until people are all in bed sleeping, are you going to knock on doors at midnight to scare people?"

"The sky just got dark, what midnight, talking nonsense..."

Ye's mother still withdrew her hand, muttering while walking out.

Ye's father looked at her back and shook his head.

Ye Yaodong also knew that his eldest son's habit of showing off was inherited from his mother, passed down through generations.

Four or five hundred jin of goods combined to seven or eight bags, one of which was full of miscellaneous fish, the others were all toadfish.

In this cold winter, using sticky nets in their nearby sea could only catch a large quantity of toadfish. Other bottom fish didn't have this quantity.

This fish stock had seasonality and regionality.

Father and son finished picking in a short while, and both simply sat on the bamboo bed waiting.

Ye Yaodong sniffed his palm, and the rich salty fish smell rushed to his nose. It was a bit fishy, but it felt smelly and fragrant when smelled.

"How about we weigh first? Call the villagers to help watch? Don't know how long we have to wait. We still have to set off at night, have to go back to sleep early."

"Forget it, wait until people come. Selling things at home, definitely have to watch the scale yourself. No matter how trusted the person is, definitely want to watch the sale yourself."

"Then wait."

Ye's father originally wanted to ask, what about tomorrow's nets?

The sticky nets set today have to be retrieved tomorrow, but tomorrow morning at six or seven o'clock, the dried fish must be delivered to the military. By the time they return, it will be noon, and it will be too late to work.

But seeing that there were still a few neighbors around who hadn't left, and were still gossiping there, intending to see how much money these dried fish could sell for?

Now they were discussing how much money they could sell for, and discussing how much they could earn?

He swallowed it back.

This can only be discussed after returning, or let Dongzi deliver the goods alone. Anyway, there's no need to set up a stall. Just deliver the goods and come back. Whether he follows or not doesn't matter. Anyway, Dongzi is familiar with it.

And he can stay at home and go out to sea to retrieve nets with Asheng first. A bit slower is a bit slower, better than both not being at home and not being able to retrieve nets. Or temporarily call a nephew or niece to help.

Ye's father pondered while waiting.

Ye Yaodong actually thought of it too, but had to wait until he returned to talk about it. ===== CHAPTER 564 =====